The distinction between North Africa and much of Sub-Saharan Africa is historically and ecologically significant because of the effective barrier created by the Sahara Desert for much of modern history. From 3500 BC, following the abrupt desertification of the Sahara due to gradual changes in the Earth's orbit, this barrier has culturally separated the North from the rest of the continent. As the seafaring civilizations of the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Muslims and others facilitated communication and migration across the Mediterranean Sea, the cultures of North Africa became much more closely tied to Southwestern Asia and Europe than Sub-Saharan Africa. The Islamic influence in the area is also significant, and North Africa is a major part of the Islamic world.

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Scholars estimate that at the empire’s peak in 117A.D., it had built more than 80,000 kilometers of roads (that’s 49,700 miles) in Europe, the Middle East and NorthAfrica... The only place that Roman roads and economic development don’t match well is in NorthAfrica. While Europe continued to use carts to move goods, NorthAfrica abandoned them before 1000 A.D., perhaps using camels instead....

The rapid spread of mobile technology in the developing world — especially in Africa, which has lagged behind most of Asia and Latin America in closing the income gap with the west — has given rise to the theory of “leapfrogging” ... Indeed, for all the hype about leapfrogging, Africa’s growth rates, particularly in per capita terms, have rarely reached the sustained double-digit levels that transformed lives in north-east Asia....

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experts circulated Monday said that despite the defeat of IS in Iraq and most of Syria, it is likely that a reduced "covert version" of the militant group's "core" will survive in both countries, with significant affiliated supporters in Afghanistan, Libya, Southeast Asia and WestAfrica... —NORTHAFRICA ... —WESTAFRICA ... —EASTAFRICA....

The report by UN experts circulated today said that despite the defeat of ISIS in Iraq and most of Syria, it is likely that a reduced "covert version" of the militant group's "core" will survive in both countries, with significant affiliated supporters in Afghanistan, Libya, Southeast Asia and WestAfrica...NORTHAFRICA ... WESTAFRICA ... EASTAFRICA....

experts circulated Monday said that despite the defeat of IS in Iraq and most of Syria, it is likely that a reduced “covert version” of the militant group’s “core” will survive in both countries, with significant affiliated supporters in Afghanistan, Libya, Southeast Asia and WestAfrica... —NORTHAFRICA ... —WESTAFRICA ... —EASTAFRICA....

IFAW programme manager for Middle East and NorthAfrica Dr Akram Darwish also highlighted the objectives of the workshop, which aims to train employees at ports, official bodies and dealers in order to combat the ......

By David Doerr, Rainier... “. ... There is an article that is on the Internet, titled “Runaway population growth often fuels youth-driven uprisings,”, by Kenneth R ... The article is introduced with this sentence ... Where the median age of NorthAmerica is 38.1 years-old, the median age of the entire continent of Africa is 19.4 ... .......